Читать книгу Dougal's Diary - David Greagg - Страница 58

Played, ate and slept the day away. It was a good day. Our humans still love us and nobody got hurt, except Shadow when I was too rough with her. Man kept putting his paw between us when I forgot.

I now think of our humans as Man and Woman, as distinct from just any other men and women. Because they are ours, and because they are kind to us and don't hurt us and we love them.

And we get to curl up with Man and sleep. Shadow likes to snuggle in close but I like to keep my distance a bit. The thing about the far corner of the bed is that his back paws won't kick me over there even if he is having a bad dream. But every time he wakes up he runs his paws over my fur and tells me what a Good Cat I am.

I had an awful dream myself in the middle of the night. I dreamt I was back in my cage and I woke up howling. Man didn't wake up but Shadow came and washed my face. She may be a food-thief but she has a kind heart. She doesn't really speak Cat yet but there are things I am going to have to explain when she does learn. If she learns!

I think she wants to explore outside our room but I tell her it's too early. Man wants to make sure we feel that this really is our home. He'll let us out of our room soon. I tried to explain this but I don't think she got it. Meanwhile we explored more of the room.

Shadow is good at climbing. There is this big wooden thing where Man keeps all his clothes and she managed to climb on top of it. I can't get there because I'm too big and heavy to climb up there. I think she likes having one place where I can't find her.

I REALLY think we are safe now. Man won't take us back to our cage, surely? If he does I don't know what I will do. Probably just lie on the floor of the cage and cry again. But I don't think he will, so I don't think we have to worry.